Moral knowledge / edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paul, Ellen Frankel.

Miller, Fred D., Jr., 1944-

Paul, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xv, 367 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This volume discusses the nature of moral knowledge and whether it exists.

Contents:

Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism / David Copp 1

Thinking about Cases / Shelly Kagan 44

But I Could Be Wrong / George Sher 64

Moral Facts and Best Explanations / Brian Leiter 79

Two Sources of Morality / Philip Pettit 102

"Because I Want It" / Stephen Darwall 129

Realism, Naturalism, and Moral Semantics / David O. Brink 154

Incomplete Routes to Moral Objectivity: Four Variants of Naturalism / David Sidorsky 177

Explanation, Internalism, and Reasons for Action / David Sobel 218

Moral Knowledge as Practical Knowledge / Julia Annas 236

Practical Reason and Moral Psychology in Aristotle and Kant / James Bernard Murphy 257

Hypothetical Consent in Kantian Constructivism / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. 300

Mill's "Proof" of the Principle of Utility: A More than Half-Hearted Defense / Geoffrey Sayre-McCord 330.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521006031

OCLC:

46364750

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